Welcome aboard, and thank you for choosing SafeConnect!

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On this page you will learn how to:

• Download and install your VM

• Run through some initial configurations steps

• Understand how to get help and support

• Get started on your deployment

• OPTIONAL: Access training guides and other resources that might be useful

Download and Install Your SafeConnect VM

CRITICAL: Please follow these instructions to download and configure the SafeConnect VM.

1. Download the SafeConnect image that matches chosen license count:

   • For a license count of less than 1000, download the image from the following link: http://safeconnect.cloud.impulse.com/smb.

   • For a license count of 1,000 or greater, download the image below http://safeconnect.cloud.impulse.com/download.

     • Note: for customers with a license for 20,000 or more users, your deployment engineer(s) will make additional configuration changes to your image after it’s installed.

2. Follow the instructions in the VM Deployment Guide to install and configure SafeConnect in the admin's virtual environment.

Initial Configuration

CRITICAL: Make sure you have ALL these boxes checked before you go live!

1. DHCP syslog

   • If you use BlueCat or another Linux-based DHCP server(s), you can usually point standard syslog output to port 514 on the SafeConnect VM’s internal IP.

   • If you use Windows DHCP, please follow the step-by-step instructions here: DHCP Syslog Service Installation and Configuration

   • Note: Without DHCP syslog for all managed devices, users may need to authenticate more often than you’d like!

2. DHCP requests

   • For each VLAN you will manage with SafeConnect, please add a NEW ip-helper statement pointed to the SafeConnect VM’s internal IP.

   • This will be in addition to any existing ip-helper statements. Users will continue to get DHCP from your usual server(s), but SafeConnect will now also see a copy of each request.

   • Note: Without DHCP requests, SafeConnect will not be able to identify mobile devices or other BYOD endpoints connecting to your network!

3. Authentication

   • Use the following link to get SafeConnect talking to your AD or LDAP directory server(s): DHCP Syslog Service Installation and Configuration

   • This step is critical when setting up captive portal authentication for your internal BYOD users!

   • This will also provide Single Sign On for your dot1x and secure wireless users.

OPTIONAL: You could get a jump on these if you like, but but feel free to skip them if they don't make sense.

1. Set up the SafeConnect RADIUS Server:

   • SafeConnect RADIUS Server Configuration

   • SafeConnect RADIUS Server Authentication Mode Configuration

   • SafeConnect RADIUS Test and Validate

   • SafeConnect RADIUS Network Environment Configuration

   • SafeConnect Roles for use with RADIUS

2. Check out our Network Integration Guides for Layer 2 and Layer 3 enforcement

   • SafeConnect Layer 2 Network Integration Scripts

   • SafeConnect Layer 3 Network Integration Scripts

Register for Support

CRITICAL: Do these steps before you do anything else!

Support Process

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